Florida legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Florida H1547: Conditional Geriatric Release
Status: Failed, March 13, 2026
Requires Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with DOC, to establish conditional geriatric release program; specifies eligibility for program; authorizes persons sentenced to custody of department to apply to commission to be considered for conditional geriatric release within specified time before reaching eligibility; specifies that person does not have right to conditional geriatric release; requires commission to consider any evidence relevant to public safety; authorizes commission to consider continued cost to department to house inmate; specifies that commission has sole discretion to determine whether to grant conditional geriatric release; authorizes revocation of conditional geriatric release for violations of any conditions of release; requires rulemaking.
What the bill says
An act relating to conditional geriatric release; creating s. 947.148, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, to establish the conditional geriatric release program; specifying eligibility for the program; authorizing persons sentenced to the custody of the department to apply to the commission to be considered for conditional geriatric release within a specified time before reaching eligibility; specifying that a person does not have a right to conditional geriatric release…
From the introduced text, January 9, 2026:
An act relating to conditional geriatric release; creating s. 947.148, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, to establish the conditional geriatric release program; specifying eligibility for the program; authorizing persons sentenced to the custody of the department to apply to the commission to be considered for conditional geriatric release within a specified time before reaching eligibility; specifying that a person does not have a right to conditional geriatric release; requiring the commission to consider any evidence relevant to public safety; authorizing the commission to consider the continued cost to the department to house the inmate; specifying that the commission has the sole discretion to determine whether to grant conditional geriatric release; authorizing the revocation of conditional geriatric release for violations of any conditions of release; requiring rulemaking; amending ss. 947.13 and 947.141, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: HB 1547 2026 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb1547-00 Page 2 of FLORIDAHOUSEOFREPRESENTATIVES Section 1. Section 947.148, Florida Statutes, is created to read: 947.148 Conditional geriatric release.— (1) The commission shall, in conjunction with the department, establish the conditional geriatric release program. A person in the department's custody is eligible for …
Sponsors
- Chambliss, Kevin (D, HD-117) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : Now in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : Referred to Judiciary Committee
- : Referred to Justice Budget Subcommittee
- : Referred to Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- : 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
- : Filed
Common questions
- What is H1547?
- H1547 is a bill in the Florida Legislature (2026 Regular Session): Conditional Geriatric Release.
- What does H1547 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to conditional geriatric release; creating s. 947.148, F.S.; requiring the Florida Commission on Offender Review, in conjunction with the Department of Corrections, to establish the conditional geriatric release program; specifying eligibility for the program; authorizing persons sentenced to the custody of the department to apply to the commission to be considered for conditional geriatric release within a specified time before reaching eligibility; specifying that a person does not have a right to conditional geriatric release…
- What is the status of H1547?
- Failed as of March 13, 2026. Latest action: Died in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (March 13, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1547?
- Chambliss, Kevin (D, HD-117).
- Where is the official record for H1547?
- On the Florida Legislature website: https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/1547
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